Japan is property ‘market to watch’

Direct investment in global real estate hit the highest level since 2008 in the first quarter, led by a surge in investment in Asia Pacific commercial property. More than $27 billion was directly invested in Asia Pacific commercial real estate in the first quarter, a 26 percent increase from the same quarter of 2012, according to the last capital flows report from Jones Lang LaSalle. Of the total, $20 billion came from domestic deals, while cross-border transactions in the region slipped 24 percent from a year earlier.
Japan is the “one [market] to watch,” said Stuart Crow, head of Asia Pacific capital markets at Jones Lang LaSalle. Investment in Japan property rose to $10.6 billion, up 32 percent year from a year ago and 38 percent from the previous quarter………………………………………..Full Article: Source